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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

15 October – We will be living a million joys

Before the free language rule was re-introduced, when you were representing a country with a plethora of languages, it sometimes threw up some oddities....

7 October – On a journey to the stars

One of the golden rules of our favourite TV show is this: If you win, leave it at that. You've reached the pinnacle, so...

5 October – Fred Astaire made me crazy

Our friends in Switzerland are in a curious situation. They have lots of languages to choose from, and they can confuse the average casual...

3 October – Dancing girls and cabarets

Hold onto your hats! I've picked a birthday from Sweden today. Are you really excited? Could it be one of your favourites? Or not? Well...

1 October – Be silent

Are you a Spanish fan? Or just a fan of Spanish music? You must have been gutted in May when, in any other year,...

28 September – I’m dancing on the pole

As you'll know, the rules of our favourite TV show impose a strict three minute on sing duration. It has been more in the...

26 September – Reminding me of how it used to be

Those decades keep on coming, and it's the turn of that which some call the 'noughties'. It's an odd term, so we'll just call...

25 September – Salty wounds

You want a cracker of a song? One that has everything? Power? Emotion? Wind machines? Wafty dresses? Marzipan? Well, maybe not the marzipan, but...

23 September – Maybe I’m even going to cry

Did you remember the contest in Portugal in 2018? Do you still dream of the sun, the sea, the pasteis de nada? Do you...

16 September – Gasoline, kerosene, stop, drop, roll

From time to time something happens which is so left-field, you can't really believe it until you see it. Sometimes this left-field thing is...